ABSTRACT
SOME CASES AFFECTING MARRIED WOMEN. In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Divisioll, on
April 26th, the case of Fulcher v. Fulcher was heard. This was an action by a lady against the representati ves of her third husbaud (two of his sons by a former marriage) to enforce an alleged parol agTeement by hirn that she should have power over the whole of herproperty. The plaintiff was married to her first husband, Mr. Newman, in 1829. He died in 1832. She was married to her second husband, Mr. Lodge, in the yeal' 1834. He died in 1864, leaving her a considerable fortune. She had one daughter by her first marria.ge, now Mrs. Wallis, who has several children. Her only child by her second husband died in childhood. Sbe married her third husband in the year 1877. She was then seventy-two years of age, and he was fifty-four. He died in April of last year. He had settled some portion of his wife's property on her daughter and grandchildl'en in his lifetime, but had left the larger part by will for the benefit of his own children. 'l'bis was stated to aillount to over .;f,40,000. The present application was a motion to restrain the defendants from dealillg with that part of the deceased's property which bad belonged to the plaintifi and for the appoint-
ment of a receiver. It was supported byaffidavits by herfielt: her daughter. and one of her grandsons, aged twenty-four. She affirmed that she was illiterate, snd tb>tt many times before marriage ber late busband had ßtated that she should have as full control over her property as if a settlement had been made, aOnd as if she had not been rnarried to hirn, and that she should receive ber own dividends and incomes, and should bave the absolute disposal of thewbole of her property, and should be able to give it or leave it by will to her daugbter, Ellen Wallis, and her children, or otherwise among her own family.
